president obama is among those speaking at the service. we'll bring you updates throughout the morning. >>> meantime, on wall street, a number of speeches in recent days from policymakers before officials go into their blackout period before next week's two-die fomc meeting. that has been what the market has been digesting. yesterday, jim bullard said positive trends in the labor market make cuts to the fed's $85 billion bond buying program more likely. that is huge news because, remember, when bullard came on with us not too long ago, you talked about the how the fed could be doing this for a long period of time and he'd feel comfortable with that because we haven't seen inflation. because investors have spent so much time tapering, investors are interested in bond yield. if you've been watching the ten-year, right now the yield is at 2.827%. also, october wholesale trade and the labor department's latest job openings and latest turnover survey that a lot of economists watch closely. futures at this hour are indicated higher, dow up by ju